A&P Plans 14 Store Closures

MONTVALE, N.J. — A&P here on Monday said it has filed a motion with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court seeking to close an additional 14 stores in four states.
"We are continuing to take the steps necessary to position A&P to emerge from Chapter 11 with a strong future and ensure that we remain focused on our top priority — providing great value and service to our customers every day," said Sam Martin, A&P president and chief executive officer, in a prepared ...

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I love the A&P in Garfield. The workers are friendly and helpful I also use the pharmacy for the 90 day supply of the generic drugs for $ 9.99. Now I have to shop around for a similar savings and the Pathmark will offer me the best price. I checked the CVS and The Rite-Aid but not all my RX are available for the $ 9.99 price. Good Bye to The A & P after all these years. I am hoping a Food Basics comes into that Outwater Lane location.their prices a good and the A&P brond is sold at Food Basics. Alice M.

As a merchandiser for a sales and marketing company who is often in the back rooms of the Waldbaum's supermarkets,can ANYBODY please tell me why these stores have the policy of throwing out frozen pizza,ice cream, dinners from Swanson, Boston Market, Banquet, Marie Calllender,etc...all perfectly fine..not expired, not damaged,and not discontinued even...just NOT on the store's current planogram. I've seen dozens of shopping carts with perfectly good frozen dinners dumped in the compactor.I understand the store gets credit..but why not donate the foods to a food shelter or kitchen. There has to be a better way than just tossing them out. Mlanie1111@aol.com

A&P has to blame the decsion makers the advertising dept, and greed for their problems today employee's only follow what they were told to do and we are the ones who are taking the spanking for this, I don't think any one in this company is on the same page!

I can't believe our unions had us agree on this contract. We lost a weeks vacation , 1 personal , 3 sick days and had our wages frozen for 5 yrs so they can pay their big guys that they think run the company. I just want them to know the employees in the stores run their company. The union told us no more store were closing that was a lie. This company doesn't care for it's employees it's all about the money they can pocket. I should have stayed with S&S 20 yrs ago when I had the chance they are still growing.

I was once proud to work for this company-and excited by its potential I felt I was contributing to its sucess and even though we
empolyees never got credit for a job well done we felt a certain respect when contracts were negotiated and we got what we felt we deserved. Now there is a hopelessness, employees feel the union sold them out-the company punched a hole in our wages, took away our sick time and holidays yet the upper echelon have gotten bonuses and raises (where is the justice) when we the employees are eaning their paychecks with our sweat and blood the company is failing and it is a sad time for the A&P

Local 1776 and local 152 are all sitting back counting our cash give backs who in their right mind would work 2 hours of a shift for min wage OUR UNION AGREE ON THIS BEFORE WE COULD VOTE ON THIS EVERY THING WAS A DONE DEAL
THE ONLY JOKE WAS LETTING US THINK WE WERE A PART OF IT,and telling us BE THANKFUL YOU HAVE A JOB A JOB THAT ROB ME OF WAGES ,VACATION, AND PHOLIDAYS

givebacks, wage freezes and now only allowed to work 27 hours per week including Sunday!! A&P treats their employees like slaves and expect us to still say "Would you like me to show you?" When execs come to our store we're expected to pretend that everything is beautiful. Not me. I'm just waiting for one of them to say hello (which none of them do, they don't even acknowledge us) New hires are at minimum wage HA! These poor new hires don't know what they're getting in to. I refuse to train someone that is going to take my job, and it's not their fault. The A&P execs need to realize that those of us with 25+ years of experience are ASSETS to the company and not just people making more than minimum wage! They have all come from companies that were driven into the ground..